Bunker 2026 - popular fair around music and emotions in Barakaldo

Good to know

Setting

Outdoors

Organised by

Ajuntament de Barakaldo

Edition

Fourth edition

Access

Free

Project

Hiriko Soinuak

Collaborators

BBK, Foral Diputation of Bizkaia

What's it about

Bunker returns, the fair of records, books, collector's items, talks and concerts that revolves around music and emotions. This fourth edition will take place from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 of October in the tent located at the Herriko plaza in Barakaldo. The event is part of the Hiriko Soinuak project, will be free admission and is promoted by the Ayuntamiento de Barakaldo, with the collaboration of BBK and Diputación Foral de Bizkaia. Talks and book signings Bunker will again set up spaces for artists and writers to talk about their emotional connection to music. Miqui Puig (L'Atmella del Vallès, 1968) is a singer, producer, radio host and DJ. He has recorded albums (first with Los Sencillos and then solo), has imagined radio programs, has done television and has created unforgettable pop songs. 'Yo no quería ser Miqui Puig' (Magazzini Salani, 2025) is his editorial debut, based on his personal diaries. For his part, Pablo Salgado Méndez, editor at the Banizu Nizuke publishing house, will talk about this interesting project, based in Portugalete and focused on the preservation and publication of Basque literary heritage outside the commercial circuit and/or out of print. In addition, he will present 'Esto no acaba… hasta que Fatboy cante', the book edited by Banizu Nizuke that collects 40 years of musical career of the Englishman Norman Cook, better known by the stage name Fatboy Slim. The Baboon Show, Toundra, Viva Belgrado and Nuevo Catecismo Católico will also talk with Iker Bárbara, director of the Euskal Herria and La Rioja edition of MondoSonoro, before their concerts at the Hiriko Soinuak festival, which will take place just a few meters from the Bunker venue on October 23 and 24. In the case of Toundra and Viva Belgrado, they will also talk about their recently released albums: on October 9, 'Siete' by Toundra is released; and on October 23, 'Mientras el Guadalquivir fluye y fluye y fluye' by Viva Belgrado goes on sale. Concerts and workshop The fair will also host acoustic concerts by the Catalan Arnau Coderch (leader of the country band Arnau & The Honky Tonk Losers), who will form a duo with Matthew Cartmill, an American multi-instrumentalist based in Vitoria-Gasteiz; and by Wraaang!, the project of Andalusian musician Manuel Serrano, who will present his brand-new album 'Sabe a lo que huele'. Bunker will also include a workshop led by psychologist, art therapist, composer and vocalist of the group Arima, Paule Bilbao, with students from the Formación Profesional of Barakaldo, who, upon completion, will take a private tour of the Hiriko Soinuak festival grounds. Stands Likewise, the fair will again feature stands where attendees can find record shops, clothing and/or merchandise from musical artists such as the Barakaldo-based Long Play, Chicxs de la calle, EM Zirrimarra (Bergara), Munsterama (Santurtzi), Pute-Arte (Bilbao), Re-Loop Shop (Logroño) or Vinylora (Vitoria-Gasteiz). Also present will be the bookstore and publisher Katakrak (Pamplona) and the collector's items shop about cinema, series, comics and Manga Mano del Friki (Barakaldo).

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